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Doing this the day before the election is savage
by cush 2y ago
Doing this the day before the election is savage
- reaperducer 2y agoDoing this the day before the election is savage Wirecutter (also a Times property) went on strike during Black Friday. Unions can be pretty savage. Like the one in Chicago that was striking at a hotel, but couldn't get any traction, so for weeks took to blaring bullhorns and sirens outside a children's hospital at 2am to put pressure on the city to put pressure on the hotel. In the end, the hotel closed and the people who tortured the sick children ended up losing their jobs.
- tptacek 2y agoIf you're talking about the Cambria, part of the issue there was that both the hotel and the hospital apparently refused to sign complaints. The length of the strike (it went on for almost a year) was a more salient issue than the hours, and a lot of the news coverage was driven by irritable neighbors. Either way: the City Council passed a noise-free zone ordinance as a result, and designated Lurie first.
- cush 2y ago"Like the ... people who tortured the sick children" I'm not entirely convinced these two situations are even remotely alike. But yeah, by savage I didn't mean unjustified or evil or anything negative.
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- tedivm 2y agoThey've had two years to negotiate a contract, so the union needs to do something to put pressure on them to actually do it.
- randerson 2y agoIf NYT goes down on election day I will cancel my subscription. I don't care whether its because of management being unreasonable or employees being unreasonable. Either way, it shows systemic disrespect to their customers.